Archive · 10 Aug 2026
Missing boxers after CWG remain unresolved after one week
After a big sports competition called the Commonwealth Games ended in Glasgow, some boxers did not go home.
Five boxers are missing.
Four of them are from a country called Uganda, and one is from a country called Pakistan.
When it was time for the athletes to fly back home, these five boxers could not be found.
One athlete from Uganda told a news website that the missing boxers asked to stay in the UK.
He said they wanted better places to practice boxing.
A newspaper called The Guardian said the boxers are no longer in Scotland.
Police in Scotland got reports about the missing athletes and are working with the UK Home Office.
Nobody knows yet where the boxers are.
Everyone is waiting to find out what happened to them.
A week after the Glasgow Commonwealth Games ended, the fate of five missing boxers remains unresolved.
The missing athletes are Ugandans Ibrahim Kemis, Nuhu Batte, Emily Nakalema and Angel Katushabe, and Pakistani Qudrat Ullah.
A Ugandan athlete reportedly told a news website back home that the four missing Ugandans were seeking asylum in the UK for better training facilities.
According to The Guardian, the missing athletes are no longer in Scotland.
Police Scotland said it received reports of athletes not returning home and is working with the Home Office to assess the situation.
- Who
- Ibrahim Kemis, Nuhu Batte, Emily Nakalema and Angel Katushabe (Uganda) and Qudrat Ullah (Pakistan), boxers who competed at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
- What
- The five boxers went missing instead of returning home after the games; they are reportedly seeking asylum in the UK.
- When
- A week after the Glasgow Commonwealth Games concluded.
- Where
- Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.
- Why
- One Ugandan athlete reportedly said the missing boxers sought asylum in the UK to access better training facilities.
- Missing athletes
- 5 boxers
- Countries involved
- Uganda (4 boxers), Pakistan (1 boxer)
- Missing boxers
- Ibrahim Kemis, Nuhu Batte, Emily Nakalema, Angel Katushabe, Qudrat Ullah
- Event
- Glasgow Commonwealth Games (CWG)
- Time since conclusion
- One week
- Reported asylum motive
- Better training facilities
- Latest report
- Athletes no longer in Scotland, per The Guardian
- Authorities involved
- Police Scotland, working with the Home Office